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Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is the smallest and most abundant of the Pacific salmon. The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name for this species gorbúša (горбуша), which literally means humpie.

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1. (c) Østergaard, T., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/ongor_f3.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncorhynchus_gorbuscha

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